Harishankar Parsai was an Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. He wrote vyangya (satire), which described human values and nature. They reflected his critical thinking and humorous way of describing simple things with huge meanings. Parsai won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982, for his satire, Viklaang Shraddha ka daur.
Dhirendra Verma was an Indian poet and writer. He used to write in Hindi and Brij Bhasha. Verma holds the same prominence for introducing scientific methods to research in Hindi language and literature as does Ramchandra Shukla. On the basis of his research in Indian languages, he published the first scientific history of Indian languages in 1933. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Brij Bhasha in French which was later translated into Hindi.
Amrapali Dubey is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Bhojpuri films. She made her acting debut with the show Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar (2008) and is best known for playing Suman in Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein (2009-2010) as Suman.
A behrupiya or bahrupiya is an impressionist in the traditional performing arts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Once popular and widespread, the art form is now in decline with most practitioners living in poverty. It was once common for behrupiyas to make a dramatic entrance at wedding or other festivities dressed as a policeman, priest, or other figure and create a commotion. The social norm surrounding these appearances was that the behrupiya usually collected no money if he was detected as an impersonator. However, if he was able to successfully convince his audience of his fake identity, he would then reveal it and be awarded a baksheesh for having entertained the group.
Damodar Raao is an Indian composer, singer, record producer, and live performer. His music genre is about acoustic folk with some traces of Indian classical music.
Shatrughan Kumar Yadav, known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav, is an Indian actor, singer, dancer and model who primarily works in Bhojpuri cinema. Also known by the Initialism KLY, Yadav has appeared in more than 70 films, and performed as vocalist in more than 5000 songs. Apart from Bhojpuri, he has also worked in Hindi, Awadhi and Haryanvi languages.
Bharatvarsh is an Indian television historical documentary series, hosted by actor-director Anupam Kher on Hindi news channel ABP News. It started on 20 August 2016. The show presents thoughts and ideologies of personalities in the 5000-year old history of India and showcases journey from ancient India to the 19th century. Season 1 finished on 23 October 2016.
Padmanābha was a 15th-century Indian poet and historian. He has been hailed as the Yug Charan for commemorating Kanhadade's struggle in his famous treatise "Kanhadade Prabandha", written in 1455.
Labhanshu Sharma is an Indian wrestler, world peace activist and winner of gold medals in Asian International Games and Indo Nepal International Wrestling Tournament held in Sri Lanka and Nepal. He also received the National Bravery Award from the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, in 2015 after saving two individuals from drowning in river Ganga in Rishikesh.
Vidhi Pandya is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2014 with Tum Aise Hi Rehna portraying Kiran Mehra. Pandya is best known for her portrayal of Imli Singh Rajvanshi in Udaan, Suman Tiwari Malhotra in Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 and Saumya Verma in Mose Chhal Kiye Jaaye.
Maa Tujhe Salaam is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language romance film directed by Aslam Sheikh and produced by Abhay Sinha & Samir Aftab. Pawan Singh is in lead role and Madhu Sharma and Akashra Singh in his opposite. While Surendra Pal, Prakash Jais, Sameer Aftab, Ayaz Khan, Manoj Tiger, Brijesh Tripathi and others in supporting roles.
Damru is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Rajnish Mishra and produced by Pradeep K Sharma under banner of "Baba Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd". It stars Khesari Lal Yadav and Yashika Kapoor, while Awadhesh Mishra, Padam Singh, Anand Mohan, Rohit Singh "Matru", Subodh Seth, Devendra Singh and Kiran Yadav play supporting roles. Director of this film Rajnish Mishra and lyricist Pawan Pandey make a special appearance in song "Tohra Karam Se Maula".
Baaghi- Ek Yoddha is a 2019 Indian, Bhojpuri language action romantic drama film directed by Shekhar Sharma and produced by Jayant Ghosh with co-produced by Kaleem Khan under banner of "JR Production House". It stars Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani in the lead roles, while Ritu Singh, Prakash Jais, Maya Yadav, Vinod Mishra and Ayaz Khan in supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Madhukar Anand with lyrics by Pyarelal, Azad Singh and Shyam Dehati.
Ishtiyak Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in bollywood movies and television shows. He came into limelight for his role as english teacher in the film Phas Gaye Re Obama which also went viral as a meme in social media and he gained popularity from his role as Rajesh Autowala in Tamasha, Ludo, Janhit Mein Jaari, Anaarkali of Aarah, as well as portraying Chaurasia in Bharat, Vasu in Jolly LLB, Sunny in FryDay, and Munna in Ammaa Ki Boli. He is also well known for his role in Television series as Kappu Ka Sasur in the fourth season of The Kapil Sharma Show (2022), Puttan in Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai, and in web series Dhindora.
Himesh Ke Dil Se is the fifth studio album by Himesh Reshammiya, produced by Reshammiya under the banner Himesh Reshammiya Melodies. It is the third album to be released by Reshammiya in 2021 following Surroor 2021 and Moods with Melodies. This album features mostly emerging singers of India, particularly contestants from Indian Idol 12.
Shivam Sadana is an Indian Punjabi/Hindi singer, rapper and songwriter from Uttarakhand associated with the Punjabi music industry. Known for his Punjabi songs like 'Paave Gucci', 'Kaint Teri nazran' and 'Soniye kyun'.
Sangharsh 2 is a 2023 Bhojpuri language action film produced by Ratnakar Kumar under banner of "Worldwide Records", Directed by Parag Patil and written by Veeru Thakur. A sequel to 2018 film Sangharsh, the film stars Khesari Lal Yadav, Meghashree, Sanjay Pandey.
Nitin Dubey is an Indian singer, composer, actor, and lyricist. Born in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Dubey is known for his work as a composer, vocalist, music director, and playback singer in Chhattisgarh cinema and as a performer at various national level music festivals and bhajan programs.
Vinod Kumar Sharma is an Indian professor who is the first professor of disaster management in India and got Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar in 2022. He is known for efforts for bringing disaster risk reduction in India.
Mahesh Garg is an officer of Indian Railways. He is an established Hindi poet and writer, with pen name BEDHADAK.
